Sippola
Sippola [ ˈsipːɔlɑ ] is a former municipality in southeastern Finland and is now administratively part of Kouvola . Sippola is located in the Kymenlaakso region on the eastern bank of the Kymijoki River.
Sippola is mentioned as early as 1693 as the preaching house of the Vehkalahti parish . In 1843, Sippola became a chapel congregation, and in 1861 it became an independent parish . In 1975 Sippola merged with the municipality of Anjala on the opposite bank of the Kymijoki to form the market town of Anjalankoski . This received city rights two years later. In 2009 Anjalankoski was incorporated into the city of Kouvola.
The municipality of Sippola last had an area of 568 square kilometers and 15,960 inhabitants (1973). The largest settlement centers ( taajama ) in the former municipal area are the industrial towns of Myllykoski and Inkeroinen . In the church village of Sippola there is a brick church built in 1879 and the Sippola manor, whose main building, built in 1836 in the neo-renaissance style, is the largest wooden mansion in Finland.
Sons and daughters
- Aukusti Sihvola (1895-1947), wrestler
- Heikki Hasu (* 1926), Nordic combined athlete
- Sinikka Mönkäre (* 1947), politician and multiple minister
- Mirja Puhakka (* 1955), ski orienteer